IRENA's BLOG
CROATIA,Slowly
A PERSONAL GUIDE BY IRENA BARTOLEC Not a tourist guide. The places I actually go. My homeland is truly special....
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Solo Female Travel: The Most Empowering Decision You Will Ever Make
A guide for every woman who has ever thought about travelling alone — and hasn’t yet given herself permission Category:...
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Day of the Dead in Mexico: The Celebration Every Traveller Must Witness
Far from a festival of grief, Día de los Muertos is the most joyful, most profound, and most deeply human...
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5 Reasons We’re Completely Obsessed with San Miguel de Allende
Why this magical Mexican city keeps calling us back — and why it’s the perfect home for our annual women’s...
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Embracing Santosha: Yoga, Mindfulness, and Wellness in Costa Rica
Discover Santosha—contentment through yoga, mindfulness, and wellness. Learn how yoga retreats in Costa Rica help you live fully in the...
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Yoga Retreat Plitvice Lakes – Find Stillness in Croatia’s Natural Wonderland
Yoga Retreat Plitvice Lakes – Find Stillness in Croatia’s Natural Wonderland There are few places on Earth as breathtaking as...
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Women Yoga Retreat in Croatia – A Journey Back to Yourself
Join a soulful women’s retreat in Croatia. Gentle yoga, mindfulness, and sisterhood await in the peaceful forests of Plitvice Lakes.
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Stairways to Nirvana
The Reality of Practice: Consistency Over Comfort Nirvana is a state of perfect peace and happiness.Its the highest state of...
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On Swimming, stillness and embracing the depths
My earliest memories are of water. Due to complications with my motor skills at birth, I learned to swim before...
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7 Reasons to Embrace Pura Vida on Costa Rica Yoga Retreat in 2026.
7 REASONS TO EMBRACE PURA VIDA IN A COSTA RICA YOGA RETREAT IN 2026. 7 Reasons to Experience a Yoga...
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5 reasons why you will love Costa Rica
In a couple of days it will be exactly 3 years since we first landed to Costa Rica. Our adventure...
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The art of doing nothing
THE ART OF DOING NOTHING: Embrace the benefits of solitude. I never quite understood the art of doing nothing. Or...
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Get Cool with Ayurveda and Yoga
Summer is finally here!! Well, at least for the Northern Hemisphere. Here, in the Tropics of Cancer, the winter season...
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Queen, Go With The Flow
Being a woman is a spiritual experience. It is a journey full of opportunities to practice compassion, unconditional love and...
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How to rest efficiently
Sometime in 2015 I was driving my scooter to a yoga studio in Bali, where I was teaching at the...
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Metta or how to befriend the good, the bad and the ugly
Metta is a Pali word for loving kindness , friendliness, good will. Metta practice is coming from the Buddhist tradition...
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Yoga, diapers and big breaths
Ashtanga yoga is a demanding discipline, both mentally and physically, for everyone who is practicing, men and woman. Ashtanga requires...
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How to make Jamu, immune booster tonic from Java
The seasons are changing here in the Tropics of Cancer, from the dry season to the rainy season, and in...
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On Lakshmi and abundance
Probably you know her image. If you have visited India, or Indian stores, or a yoga studio, there is a...
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What we can learn from Super Woman
During the last couple of months Dr. Evelyne Meier and I have been talking a lot about how our emotions...
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Money and Emotions
No one is entirely rational when it comes to money. Often creating and following a budget, or saving part of...
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Tips on a home yoga practice
In the Ashtanga yoga tradition there are two different methods for how the Ashtanga practice is taught: Led (guided) classes,...
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How to establish daily meditation practice at home
Very often we get caught up in our busy lives and habits. We wrestle with anxieties, or numbly live our lives on...
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